Country: | Monaco |
Previous Election: | 1958 |
Next Election: | 1968 |
Election Date: | 25 February 1963 (first round) 3 March 1963 (second round) |
Election Name: | 1963 Monegasque general election |
Seats For Election: | All 18 seats in the National Council |
Majority Seats: | 10 |
Nopercentage: | yes |
Party1: | UND |
Leader1: | Joseph Simon |
Seats1: | 17 |
Last Election1: | 18 |
Party2: | MUD |
Seats2: | 1 |
Last Election2: | new |
President of the National Council | |
Before Election: | Joseph Simon |
Before Party: | UND |
After Election: | Joseph Simon |
After Party: | UND |
General elections were held in Monaco on 25 February and 3 March 1963.[1] The elections were the first since the promulgation of a new constitution implemented after Prince Rainier III relinquished his absolute rule over the principality, and the first in which women were permitted to vote.[2] The result was a victory for the National and Democratic Union, which won 17 of the 18 seats in the National Council.
Voters can either choose a party list or choose candidates from various lists ("panachage") for the 18 seats. To be elected a candidate must receive a majority of valid votes. If the 18 seats are not filled in the first round, the remaining seats are elected in a second round by a simple majority.
Sixteen seats were won in the first round, with two decided in the second.